Scrapping of Franco-German fighter jet leaves allies at odds on defence future
9 June 2026
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Europe and Defence
The project was "conceived in a different world", said Christoph Bergs - an air power analyst at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi)...Back then, it was a way of "resetting" Franco-German relations and pooling what were, at the time, more "limited" financial resources in terms of defence expenditure, Bergs explained.

